The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-06
JovIAL TEXAS COWBOYS.
How They Filled the Car With Lite on
Their Way TO the Fair.

Tea'oS tCor1 of the Netc Orleans Pscayunc
There was noisy sort Of to-do in the
car as we entered it. Our baskets and satch-
els and bundles were seized and deposited
i'll handy places; open windows were pulled
down; some coal was shoveled into the
already red-hot stove; fat man was I'M
tremendously hustled out of his place
by the fire, and the seat brushed Off, and
chorus Of voices demanded to know
what more could be done to make us COM
Portable.
l sank upon the seat and gazed bewildered
into the ring of faces gathered about me-.
They We're fresh, boyish faces, frank and
pleasant-looking, but had never seen one
OF them before. gradually came to under =
stand that this crowd of cowboys, on their
way to the Dallas fair, were simply trying
to be Kind to forlorn, cold, wet, lone won-
an and tired child.
There We're eight or ten of them. They
wore enormous watchchains freighted with
dangling charms; their wide hats were pro-
tusely embroidered with silver cord: their
pockets were stuffed with silver dollars
which they were eager to spend They
laughed at everything and everybody, and
most of all at themselves and their own not
always highly polished jokes. They chaffed
the train butcher" and were emnently
eAShASA ONSl llo lllllulJ replies,
they bounced upon THE Story of a Cow
boy" in his collection of books and read
portions of it aloud with mighty outlaws
OF delight. When the agent of a new
tangled washing machine came around
handing about his circulars, they grinned
knowingly, and one of them observed that
ne knowed of washin' machine out in
Haskell county that was eighteen year old
and glttln' better every year. ''Her name
il | iu2ia Mo.fc h. al
ing with one eye at the washing-machine
man and at me with the other. And then
they all slapped their knees and roared
again.
tried to be stiff and dignified with the
youngsters; but, dear me, the sunniness of
them would have melted an iceberg, and
long before it was time to open the lunch
basket, stuffed to the brim by Light-in-the-
Hearts careful hands, / was hobnobbinc
gaily with them and had promised to make
the round of their ranches next summer:
had halfway agreed to accept a pair of
ponies out of "A "bunch" in the freight car
going to the fair had heard how one home
sick boy sometimes cried over his mothers
letters and how another wished he hadn't
been away from home and left Dad the
bag to hold" Moreover l knew all
about Lizzie Maria, even to the color of her
hair!
left them at Waco; they escorted us out.
bag and baggage, and rushed back to throw
up the car window and halloo a noisy good
by as the train moved away from the dark
and wet platform.
Don't forget them papers you promised
me-"
III have you daisy team broke in by
next summer, and don't you forget it,"
BE sure and come now"
Bring Pearlln
and Polly Cologne"
Gods blessings go with you wherever you
may go, my bonny lads May your horses
never fall lame May your cattle never
stampede May there be always a bit of
bacon to your frying-pans and coffee to
your coffeepotl May the love-lit eyes of
your washing-machines never grow dim
and their brown hands never forget their
cunning